Some Angelenos worry that Mr Murdoch is more interested in developing a media franchise than in owning a bit of history or rubbing shoulders with sports heroes. (Sport, he believes, attracts subscribers like nothing else.) They also worry that their team is being used as a pawn in a battle between two media empires, News Corporation and Disney.

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For the first time in the bank's history candidates from developing countries mounted a challenge to an American nominee, though in the end Mr Kim was backed by China, India, Mexico and other big emerging markets.

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With a BA in history from UC Berkeley, and several years of developing digital marketing strategy in the heart of the Hollywood, Zim may not seem to fit the classic MBA profile, dominated as it is by students from the fields of finance, engineering and consultancy.

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Natural-history studies also are used in developing treatments for common diseases, like diabetes and cancers.

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The company is also developing a test to assess the risk of autism in children with no family history of the condition.

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In a NY Times op-ed published after his blog post, Cronon recounted the history of Progressive Republicans in Wisconsin who were instrumental in developing Social Security, workers compensation, unemployment insurance and public employee bargaining.

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Harley sank more money into developing the V-Rod than in any other project in the company's history (it refuses to say how much).

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"They give us an unprecedented look into the very early embryology of these developing dinosaurs, " said paleontologist Mark Norell at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, who wasn't involved in the find.

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